A visit to the Old Hopewell Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Old Hopewell Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Old Hopewell Cemetery:
31.7202, -89.4709
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Old Hopewell Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Old Hopewell Cemetery is located in Covington County<2>.
The county seat for Covington County is located in Collins. Collins lies just to the southwest of the Old Hopewell Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Old Hopewell Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Old Hopewell Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Old Hopewell Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Calhoun Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Calhoun Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Calhoun Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Calhoun Cemetery
- Oakohay Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Oakohay Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakohay Cemetery
- Okahay Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Okahay Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okahay Cemetery
- Leaf River Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Leaf River Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaf River Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Leaf River Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the east of Collins.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #60377 <5>
- Knight Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Knight Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knight Cemetery
- Barnes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Barnes Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Cemetery
- New Hopewell MB Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The New Hopewell MB Church Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hopewell MB Church Cemetery
- The New Hopewell MB Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Hopewell Cemetery
- New Hopewell Church Cemetery
- Berkhalter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Berkhalter Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkhalter Cemetery
- Speed Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Speed Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed Cemetery
- Hebron Lodge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Hebron Lodge Cemetery is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron Lodge Cemetery
- Jack Knight Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Jack Knight Cemetery is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack Knight Cemetery
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- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Hatton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Hatton Cemetery is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton Cemetery
- Old Miller Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Old Miller Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Miller Cemetery
- The Old Miller Cemetery has also been known as:
- Miller Cemetery
- New Liberty Landmark Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Blakley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Blakley Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakley Cemetery
- Rogers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Rogers Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- Big Lane Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Big Lane Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lane Cemetery
- Geiger Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Geiger Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geiger Cemetery
- Pickering Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Pickering Cemetery is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Old Hopewell Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Old Hopewell Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Hot Coffee
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hot Coffee is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Coffee
- Collins
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kola
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kola is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kola
- Taylorsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Arbo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Arbo is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbo
- Williamsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Williamsburg is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Seminary
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mize
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Soso
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Soso is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soso
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Mount Olive
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Olive is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Population from the 2020 Census: 896 people
- Amy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Amy is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amy
- Service
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Service is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Service
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- Stringer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sanford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Sanford is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
- Mineral Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Mineral Springs is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Coats
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coats is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats
- Ellisville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bezer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bezer is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bezer
- Jaynesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Jaynesville is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaynesville
- Moss
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Moss is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss
- Moss has also been known as:
- Mossville
- Magee
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lux
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lux is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lux
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Old Hopewell Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Covington County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Old Hopewell Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bay Springs
- Collins
- Ellisville
- Laurel
- Magee
- Mize
- Mize lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Old Hopewell Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Mize.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mize
- Raleigh
- Taylorsville
- Williamsburg
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Old Hopewell Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Covington County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Old Hopewell Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #710701 (Old Hopewell Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #710701 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Covington
- Est. Elev: 124 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Hot Coffee
- Location given for Old Hopewell Cemetery:
- Lat: 31.7201626 Lon: -89.4708993
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Covington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Old Hopewell Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |